CRJU - 3810 - Victimology

Y2021-2022 Undergraduate New Course Request

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Course Information
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  • Course Prefix*
    Course Number*
    3810
    3810
  • Course Title*
    Victimology
    Victimology
    Must be 30 characters or less including spaces
  • Long Course Title
  • Course Type*
  • Catalog Course Description*
    Addresses the physical, emotional, and financial impact of crime victimization; the relationship between victims and offenders; how the criminal justice systems interacts with crime victims; and the policies designed by the government to offer assistance to individuals who are victimized by crime. Raises awareness and promotes critical thinking and problem solving about the most effective strategies for interaction with crime victims, the measurement of crime victimization, and victim trends.
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  • Please indicate in the boxes below the credit hour distribution for this course. If the course will be variable in credit please be sure to include minimum and maximum values in each box. 

  • Is this a variable credit hour course?*
  • Lec Hrs*
    3
    3
  • Lab Hrs*
    0
    0
  • Credit Hrs*
    3
    3
  • Can a student take this course multiple times, each attempt counting separately toward graduation?*
    If yes, indicate maximum number of credit hours counted toward graduation.*
    n/a
    n/a

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  • Prerequisites
    CRJU 1100
    CRJU 1100
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  • Concurrent Prerequisites
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  • Is this a General Education course?*
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  • Status*
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Justification and Assessment
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  • Rationale*
    Students seeking a B.S in Criminal Justice can choose: General Concentration requiring 39 hours (13 courses) of general CJUS electives; Law Enforcement Concentration which requires 30 hours (10 courses) of law enforcement specific CJUS electives in addition to 9 hours (3 courses) of general CJUS electives; or Social Justice Concentration which requires 12 hours of SJUS courses in addition to 27 hours of CJUS electives. Students in the General Concentration may choose 39 hours courses out of the available 15 courses in this area (Law Enforcement concentration may choose 9 hours; Social Justice concentration may choose 27 hours from the list): CRJU 3350 Drugs in America; CRJU 3400 Juvenile Delinquency & Justice; CRJU 3500 Criminal Investigation; CRJU 3501 Criminal Investigation II; CRJU 3710 Special Topics Mass Violence; CRJU 3800 Race, Ethnicity, and Criminal Justice; CRJU 3810 Victimology; CRJU 4300 Community Correction; CRJU 4350 Family Violence; CRJU 3250 Crime and Media; CRJU 4000 Internship in Criminal Justice; and CRJU 4500 Management of Forensics (Additional electives PSYC 3850 – Forensic Psychology; POLS 3100 – Constitutional Law; and SOCI 3800 – Development of Criminal Behavior are already in Banner system entered via eCampus). This course is one of the electives. (See https://emajor.usg.edu/degrees/criminal-justice)
  • Student Learning Outcomes - Please provide these in a numbered list format. *
    1. Students will demonstrate a sound general knowledge of the criminological sciences as applied to the area of victimology;
    2. Students will demonstrate the ability to identify and understand how some victims contribute to their own victimization;
    3. Students will demonstrate the ability to identify, understand, and articulate what victims of various types of crimes endure— particularly how various victims of the same types of crimes cope with their victimization differently;
    4. Students will demonstrate the ability to identify, understand, and articulate the treatment of victims of various types of crimes by the Criminal Justice system.

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  • Planning Info*
  • Present or Projected Annual Enrollment*
    25-30
    25-30
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